Of flies and men: Insights on organismal metabolism from fruit flies

BMC Biology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rajan, Akhila ^a   Perrimon, Norbert ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUS;

ANIMAL; DISEASE MODEL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; HUMANS; LIPID METABOLISM; LONGEVITY; MAMMALS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84876335923     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-11-38     Document Type: Article

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